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February 08, 2005
fire alarm
This was an interesting day
Me: around 6:48ish or somewhere in there bam fire alarm goes off
Anonymous friend: I see
Me: yeah that was nice
Anonymous friend: what did you do?
Me: well not much just hung around the main lobby in case someone needed Me
Anonymous friend: lol did the fire department come and stuff?
Me: yup
Me: see this air compressor on the loading dock was running all night
Anonymous friend: lol
Me: So I told the guy at the main lobby desk and he did not really think much of it
Me: but the real problem happens when the loading dock guy comes in in the morning
Anonymous friend: lol
Me: he shuts it off
Me: but the problem is that the compressor makes the pressure for the fire sprinkler system
Me: and come to find out there was a leak in a pipe and that is why it kept running
Anonymous friend: lol
Me: See it had to keep the pressure at the right level since some air must have been escaping out of the pipe
Anonymous friend: i see so there could be water damage somewhere
Anonymous friend: so when stuff goes wrong, do you have a number to call to get something fixed?
Me: No it was just leaking on the loading dock
Anonymous friend: Meaning
Me: like it didn’t start leaking till the compress shut down
Anonymous friend: oh ok
Me: like ok I think a fire sprinkler system works with all the air in the pipes until there is a fire then the air shoots out and causes the water to come out or something like that
Me: so the air was leaking out of the pipe
Me: and when he shut the air compressor down and in must have started leaking
Me: anyways
Anonymous friend: oh i get it
Anonymous friend: so the air prevents the water from coming down
Me: well I think the air makes the water come down when it comes out but yeah I guess you could kind of say that
Anonymous friend: you said it leaked after the air compressor was turned off
Me: well the sprinklers aren’t going to open up unless there is heat
Me: and as long as there are no cracks in the pipe if you shut the compress down it shouldn’t leak, but since there was a broken pipe.
Me: in started leaking
Me: at least that is my understanding of it
Posted by Jon at February 8, 2005 10:11 PM
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